22 April 2016
Arianespace's Soyuz Launch Scheduled for Later Today
... launcher. The launch will take place at the Spaceport in French Guiana at 06:02 pm local time on April 22, 2016. The ... final step will be the deployment of Microscope (the French acronym for: MICROSatellite à trainée Compensée pour l'Observation ...
July 2016
France, Europe and Russia - two decades of space launch cooperation
... operational staff, the first Soyuz-STB Launch from French Guiana took place on 21 October 2011. The mission ...the possibility to conduct commercial launches to GTO with Soyuz from French Guiana in 2017 in order to ensure launch times, this shows ...
April 2020
European spaceports compete for recognition and business
... orbital space transportation activities are carried out by Ariane, Soyuz and Vega launchers from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, on the Atlantic coast of South America. On the one hand, the launch site’s remoteness is advantageous...
March 2018
Mapping the dark universe
Euclid is due for launch on a Soyuz-Fregat from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, by mid-2021. The optical/near-infrared survey mission, which is part of ESA’s Cosmic Vision programme, is designed to ...
25 January 2019
OneWeb targets mid-February for launch of first satellites
... OneWeb Satellites announced this week the delivery of the first satellites for its mega constellation to the French Guiana launch site. An Arianespace-operated Soyuz rocket will be launching the 150 kg satellites directly to their 1,200 km LEO...
17 November 2020
Vega fails during launch of European Earth observation satellites
... to flight, the Vega launch vehicle lifted off as scheduled at 02:52 CET / 22:52 local time from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The first three stages functioned nominally until the ignition of the AVUM upper stage, eight minutes...
